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Three millennia ago, a forgotten mage dominated and fused his body with that of an blue dragon. With that stolen power, he gained power and prestige serving as the total military commander for a king. His children inherited that power and have only known praise. However, two thousand years later, the blood has thinned. Many perished in war and more left the family line. His descendants gradually became desperate, turning to inbreeding to restore the bloodline. And so, in the world Eilotin, split into two countries, Malin and Nordoroth, Vivian’s father, Arterian Panamera wed his sister Cassandra and fathered seven children in the nation of Malin.

The firstborn Gareth, carried the hopes of his father, trained in war and received the heirloom device Aiglos. With it and his genius talents, he flew through the ranks but fell to his enemies in battle before the age of twenty.

Born one year later, Percival. He lived in the shadow of his brother Gareth. He joined the military only to quickly flee, feeling that his skills lay not in war but business. He built a moderately successful business, but by then was disowned by his father.

Born two years later, Loren. Although she spent her childhood learning the arts of war, her father arranged her marriage to a noble. She defied her father and fled to another world, finding her place in a mercenary group. Her father disowned her and placed a bounty on her head.

Born three years later, Cain suffered from genetic defects. Abandoned by his father on the streets, he died early, hungry, and cold.

Born two years later, Carados. He followed his brother Gareth’s path to war. Though he achieved much, he never received medals nor could he retrieve Aiglos. He became a victim a power struggle, defected to Nordoroth, and soon died from cardiac arrest at 22.

Born three years later, Maria. She lacked the skills of warfare and was sold early to be the wife of a wealthy man. Unlike her sister Loren, she lacked the will and judgment to defy her father.

Spoiler for Background:

Born three years after Maria was Vivian. A botched delivery left her mother barren. As with the rest of her family, she was trained to fight at an early age, but when her brother Gareth died and Percival choosing business, Arterian realized he had few children left that could place his family’s name in the annals of history and thus pushed Vivian into the military. There, they realized her talent for stealth and assassination and placed her into a group where accomplishments were never to be known. Devastated by his daughter’s assignment, driven insane seeking glory for his line, Arterian attempted to rape Vivian, at home taking a leave from work, intending to impregnate her and hope another genius child be born. However, Cassandra put herself in the way but her husband smashed open her head against a wall in desperation. Vivian, in rage, terror, and defense, committed patricide.

Afraid of what would happen if the news were spread, she falsified her parent’s death, reporting to the state that they were still alive. It helped that the community generally disliked her parents so few bothered to investigate.

Although she was now free from the pressure for glory, her family’s influence was still strong. In a mission to steal a stash of Jewel Seeds transported by the enemy, she could not resist taking them for her own. She exposed her comrade’s position and in the ensuing chaos, took the Jewel Seeds and asked for them to give her power. Rather than simply granting her power, it sent out a communications signal and called forth an ancient Phoenix. The rulers of al-Hazard had trapped it for study, but when al-Hazard had disappeared from the knowledge of man, the flaming bird remained trapped, left forgotten for many millennia. Wishing to escape and see the world, the Phoenix proposed a deal, in exchange for power, Vivian would travel to many places showing how the world had changed since al-Hazard fell. The Phoenix merged within Vivian’s Linker Core, sharing its power with her. Although it was still trapped, it could now it could see the world before it.

Following her betrayal she escaped from the battle allowing her comrades to be slaughtered as they searched for her. She stopped using her last name, wishing to forget the memories of her family, using any random name whenever it was convenient. She journeyed to regain her heirloom, as when Gareth fell Aiglos was taken and used by another. After taking it back by force, Vivian joined into the ranks of Nordoroth.

She would later fail at conquering Belka after secretly replacing the king of Nordoroth. She then hid for many years in study until she was mostly forgotten. Only then would she emerge from hiding, joining Belka’s forces and eventually becoming the Saint Kaiser’s Hidden Hand. Whereas the Right projected the Kaiser’s power outside and the Left guarded the Kaiser’s power inside, the Hidden acted to correct errors, eliminate threats, and other ways that would mar the name of the Kaiser.

However, after the Kaiser’s forces suffered a massive rout while battling against Mid-Childa, Vivian defected and the Cradle was lost. She would take up a similar role in the founding of the TSAB and the rise of the three Admirals. She currently works primarily as a researcher (which is her hobby), secondary as an instructor, and lastly as an Enforcer (she tends to kill or maim criminals instead of bringing them in).

Spoiler for Vivian in Nanoha:

Reads the Jewel Seed Incident report.

Spoiler for Vivian in Nanoha A's:

Prior to the story, she aided Graham in formulating his plan, particularly the theoretical aspects of it, especially suggesting Durandal’s Eternal Coffin, and devising a spell to seal the Tome of the Night Sky after it had being placed in a dimensional rift so that others cannot simply go and get it. However, her true intentions were to study the Tome and eventually take its power for herself.

After she reads the Jewel Seed Incident report, she recommends that the Liese twins be ready to support the Wolkenritter, which Graham agrees to. When the Tome of the Night Sky is fully awakened, she is at Uminari City to watch the spectacle. She avoids being captured with the Liese twins but refrains from killing Chrono. When Chrono and the Leise twins travelled to Graham she chooses not to go, staying behind to watch the far more entertaining battle. When Hayate and the others manage to separate the defense program from the Tome of the Night Sky, she is surprised at their feat and decides to permanently discard her original plan and put a conclusion to the Book of Darkness cases. She appears before Hayate and the others offering to help, but in the events that follow it turns out that her help was not needed.

Spoiler for Vivian in Nanoha StrikerS:

Almost four years before the start of StrikerS, when Hayate was formulating the plans for her new unit, Vivian tried to convince Hayate to support her little pet project instead, which was to form a unit filled with the best mages and give them a broad range of powers, most importantly allowing them to be above the law. However, Hayate instantly noted obvious flaws in its feasibility and instead modified the idea to form the framework behind Riot Force 6. Vivian then set aside her ambitions and gave Hayate her support.

Meanwhile she aids in translating and interpreting Carim’s various prophecies.

After RF6 is nearing completion, Vivian abruptly transfers herself into the squad as an Instructor/Enforcer in Long Arch, feeling that the new unit would be far more exciting than her usual life. She joins with both instructor and Enforcer duties in part to avoid doing any one thing too long, as when she is tired of instructing she will be on her way to investigate, and when she is tired of investigating she will be on her way to instruct.

When Nanoha cooled Teana, Vivian was surprised, believing that what Teana did was not wrong. However, when asked if she had experienced the dangers of overwork she quietly slips away.

The battle with the gadgets and their illusions go according to plan, however when the threat against the helicopter materializes, Vivian, using the data from Long Arch to determine the location, teleports and blocks the shot from Dieci. However, she stays near the helicopter while Nanoha and others give chase.

In the days that follow, Vivian grows uneasy around Vivio. The more she stays near her, the more she feels that she has seen her before. Eventually, with the examination from the Saint Church, she concludes, that Vivio is somehow cloned from a former Saint. Because by then, Nanoha had decided to adopt Vivio, she felt her chances of a practical test of Vivio’s possible Saint Armor or sealing Vivio off in a maximum security facility was unlikely, she gave Verossa her best description of where the Cradle was located and asked him to search for it. He would later discover Jail’s base while searching through the Ground Forces files concerning that location.

But before that, Jail would make his move against the Ground Forces HQ. While at first she remained calm in the meeting room, believing that others would be able to beat back the attack, when Hayate realized RF6 headquarters had been attacked, she moved into action. But by the time she escaped the GFHQ and teleported to RF6, Voltaire was already on a rampage and there was nothing to be done. As usual, she shirked cleanup duty.

When the Cradle launched, she was with Verossa and Schach, but trades places with Fate who could be counted on to capture criminals. She joined the battle over the Cradle, but instead stopping the Cradle she chose to search for Belkan artifacts and downloaded the data stored in the Cradle’s computers, obviously believing others would be able to do their jobs.

Spoiler for Personality:

In the past she was cold, taciturn, scheming, and hungry for power. Through many failures she embarked on a journey to seek knowledge and gradually became more open towards humanity and socialization, although she never quite gave up her older traits.

At the current time, she is quite inquisitive, possessing a strong urge to know about everything, including other people's private matters. On the other hand, she dislikes revealing information about herself. She is both modest and boastful, depending on the situation. Sometimes she speaks in riddles, especially when advising others on less than important matters, as she enjoys watching how others will react. She can be quite playful at times and is not particularly incensed even if she herself is used as joke material, although she will often offer a counter. However, one must never forget her past when dealing with her. When she recognizes dangers she reverts back to her former cold, calculating, and pragmatic self.

A millennia of life has given her a somewhat cynical and sarcastic view of the world and of herself, yet she still has hope for the world. Her greatest fear is death, as she will never experience it naturally. Her greatest desire is true knowledge, which she holds to be essential for divinity.

Spoiler for Unique Skills:

Ice Conversion Affinity: Although the blood of the ice dragon has nearly disappeared, Vivian, along with most of her family still retains a natural conversion affinity to ice.

Instant Magic: Genetic changes resulted in her Linker Core being able to both output her mana instantly. With her skill in spell formation, her tendency to only use a few basic spells, along with her many years of experience, her opponents who survive often say that she can use spells instantaneously.

Phoenix: The simplest way to describe it would be a comparison to a Unison Device that cannot be removed except by death. The Phoenix gives her a second source of near infinite mana. However, Vivian cannot use that mana until it diffuses into her own Linker Core. The diffusion rate varies with how much mana is in her Linker Core; the less that is present the quicker the diffusion. The Phoenix also acts as another head, capable of noticing things that Vivian may have missed. The Phoenix’s mana is naturally of the fire element and thus changes all of her spells into fire unless Vivian purposefully reverts it to ice or others. This change in mana also affects the color of her magic circle and other spells, changing it from light blue to red.

Because Vivian’s Linker Core and the Phoenix’s are interconnected, and because the Phoenix’s mana is far more concentrated than Vivian’s, Vivian’s maximum mana capacity slowly increases. The Phoenix also slowly reverts the most of her physical body back to the time when they first merged, granting her pseudo-immortality.

Spoiler for Armor:

Due to her work behind the scenes, she has chosen a typical cloak and dagger look. A black long sleeved dress is worn under a black mantled cloak. Black shoes are also worn.

Spoiler for Device: Aiglos:

The spear Aiglos has been Vivian’s family heirloom for generations. Many believe it was constructed by the founder of the family. Originally created as a basic storage device, it was upgraded many times throughout its life, particularly the addition of the cartridge system and periodic updates to its AI and processing ability.

Aiglos is two meters in length. It has a 36 cm long dagger shaped blade with a clear crystal at the base. Its blade is engraved with Belkan runes on both sides. It can hold 16 cartridges down its shaft. When used, its spearhead becomes sharpened with mana. Since Vivian’s family line almost always carried an ice conversion affinity, Aiglos became known as the snow-point spear or the icicle.

In its sealed form, it merely compacts itself so that only the blade remains, resulting in a short sword. Vivian carries it in a scabbard on her left hip when in armor and on her back below her uniform when on official duty.

Aiglos is usually very silent and only speaks up when asked to or when it recognizes serious threats to its user. Aiglos does not refer to its user.

Spoiler for Spells:

Throughout her journeys she has seen and learned many spells. Her ability has progressed enough for her to imitate many magic after seeing it a few times via reverse engineering; she can also invent magic spells on the spot, particularly situational ones. This list only covers the spells that she uses most or are noteworthy.

Spoiler for Spells - Offensive:

Her most used magic consists of rather bland spells, as they lack complexity and are highly effective.

Ice Shard/Fire Shard (Eisscherbe/Feuerscherbe): Fires small pieces of concentrated near physical mana at extreme velocity. It can be used rapidly, in mass, and many directions. It cannot be guided, and at long range it is inaccurate except in the rare occasions when it is used with a targeting assistant. The more mana that is used, more shards will be fired at greater velocity.

Icicle/Incendiary Spear (Eiszapfen/Aufhetzend Speer): An attack fired by stabbing, slashing, or throwing the Device at the target. Its purpose is to penetrate defenses and damage targets behind shields. When done correctly it is fairly stealthy, with little flashy lights and wasted mana. Although it can be modified to fire used at mid range, it is best used at melee range, as it rapidly deforms with distance. With more mana used, the greater the power and penetration.

Ice Beam/Incinerate: Fires a bombardment beam of ice/fire. Unlike Icicle/Flame Spear it does not deteriorate with distance. More mana gives more power, velocity, and length of bombardment.

Whiteout/Firestorm: Fires a guided magic missile that detonates at a targeted location. After the explosion, ice/fire remains in the area and disorients people in it. More mana gives it more area coverage, damage, and velocity.

Black Ice/White Flame (Glatteis/Weiße Flamme): A very long-range spell used for assassinations. It fires a shard of mana that is coated with multiple stealth barriers. Although it uses quite a bit of mana to fire, it’s not particularly powerful, but makes it up by being difficult to detect.

Shield Blast: Detonates her own shield/barrier in the direction faced. Must have a shield/barier up to use.

Spoiler for Spells - Supportive:

Warp (Verzerren): High speed pseudo-movement magic. Bends space-time to move faster without actually moving faster. When using this magic it is easy to become disoriented, unless a path has been formulated beforehand, limiting its use in combat to that of a straight line escape spell or simple boosts lasting less than a second. To move greater distances, more mana is drained.

Teleport (Teleportieren): Used when warping is too slow or cumbersome. Some sort of visual sighting is required for safety reasons, as an incomplete teleport can happen if a dense object occupies the destination, likely resulting in death. Compared to Warping, Teleporting costs far more mana for the same distance traveled, but is faster.

Frost Crystal/Flame Sphere (Frost Kristall/Flamme-Bereich): An auto guard spell that harms the enemy if they are close. Surrounds Vivian in an ice crystal that freezes most things that contact with it or a ball of fire that burns anything close. Does not necessarily have to form the complete crystal/sphere. Can also be used manually. More mana increases barrier strength.

Return: An inherent skill of Aiglos, it teleports Aiglos back to Vivian.

Shadow Cloak (Schattenumhang): A general-purpose spell used for stealth. It bends a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum, including visible light, around Vivian and seals her heat inside her device. It also actively limits the amount of mana available for detection spells to detect. Vivian cannot move faster than a slow walk when either two effects are working at high levels. While not in combat, she almost always has some limits to the amount of mana available for detection.

Surveillance Tower: An extremely powerful spell for detection. Vivian raises her Device and blasts out mana in all directions. Analyzing the feedback provides a wealth of information, including mages, war machines, and even small useless things can be detected and found. However, this will alert anyone who can detect magic in the area, and using this spell over a wide area drains a sizable chunk of mana. It is technically a wide area spatial attack, although its damage is so little that it can only dispel illusions.

Spoiler for Spells - Ceremonial:

Ceremonial spells are quite special for Vivian. Although she will admit that they don’t suit her style, she views them more as an art than other types of spells, partially because in the past she simply lacked the mana to properly cast them. Ceremonial spells are the only spells that she will gladly share with others, if only to see them used, as she believes they are more beautiful than any other magic.

Hail of Spears: A spell commissioned by a general to destroy armies. A magic circle is formed in the sky that rapidly expands. When it has reached a desired size, it stops expanding and quickly fades. Afterwards, the area underneath the circle is saturated with thousands of magical spears. Each spear doesn’t have much power—in fact it can take multiple hits to kill a civilian. However they do have a tendency to rip through armor.

“Ciunas Malygos, Veifaras Serinol
Draw upon the sky a sigil blending with clouds.
May the command of heaven be gifted to mortals.
Blot the sun with gray, the bane of dark weather it is.
Bring forth spears and imbue them with storm.
Let the Hail of Spears fall.”

Fimbulvetr: A spell that can attack through dimensions. Drastically lowers temperatures at a target area and encases it with snow and ice. The mana drain is so high that Vivian can only target a small area.

“Ciunas Malygos, Veifaras Serinol
All color in the sky shall fade to white.
That which fills space will not flow.
Snow will come from all directions knowing not of obstruction.
Zealous warriors will become sluggish and fall to sleep.
Ciunas Malygos, Veifaran Serinol
For all things that exist this knowledge has not been lost:
once the never ending winter commences,
none can escape the frost.
The great winter—Fimbulvetr”

Spoiler for Combat Overview:

Vivian can be described as a burst attacker, preferring to end the fight within seconds. She rapidly closes the distance via movement spells, and then strikes with a single spell hoping to end the engagement. When a single attack does not result in a kill, she switches to a more traditional style, using skill, knowledge, and unpredictability to defeat the opponent, or simply disengages and flees.

At range, she is disadvantaged due to the fact that she holds no advantage unless she can close the distance. At melee range, she is a monster, able to dish out powerful blows backed by centuries of experience and skill at incredible speed. However, while her reaction speed is extraordinary, her actual speed is not, unless boosted by magic.

Her tactical mind was always above average, but after centuries of war she has become a genius. There are few techniques and strategies she has not seen, and of those that she has not seen, she can quickly devise a method of countering it. She knows a vast amount of spells from many magic styles, although due to the sheer volume of spells as well as a severe lack of practice she is hardly proficient with many of them.

With the Phoenix granting her quick mana regeneration, longer fights and aerial movement became possible. She also carries an ordinary pistol as extreme backup.

Comments and criticism welcome I guess. Probably needs a canon and German check but ah well.

Old Bernkastel is old.

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Originally Posted by LimitedEternal

Dare I ask how a world would just up and "reset"?

Hence why i said If. It was more an exercise of "how many ways can I pull The Matrix on my readers."

Approached on a serious note, it's a Lost Logia's fault. Consuming an entire world of its accumulated mana in it's denizens, reset it to an earlier, lower state, and letting the planet grow anew. At the end of the cycle, consume all and reform again. All the excess mana created in each cycle is then stored and used for whatever purpose the LL is intended for.

Such a method is brutal and creates a lot of mana. I've been toying with the idea, though I've no idea what to use it for. It sure makes one hell of a Holy Grail.

Well here's a random post I decided to make. Chronologically, this takes place just after Suvia rescued her sister, Lilia, in my post Rescue, Kaixa Appears

Spoiler for Faiz's Family:

As AutoVajin came to a stop, Lilia gave the shack an appraisal. Although it looked dismal, she could see all the work Suvia had put in to make sure that it was sturdy, and could hold up against most weather conditions possible. Hidden underneath that dank exterior, she could tell it was a small house of relative paradise; a means of hiding in plain sight, as it were.

“Nice place,” Lilia commented, dismounting the motorcycle.

“Its home,” Suvia stated in returned, unstrapped Eir and hefted her up into her arms, careful not to disturb the sleeping girl. “At least until I can find a better place.”

“Fair enough,” Lilia agreed, and started to follow Suvia before glancing back at AutoVajin. “What about him?”

“He knows what to do,” Suvia answered, unlocking the door and opened it up. “So…welcome home…”

Staring at the open doorway, Lilia weakly smiled. She hadn’t heard that for so long. For three longs years, traveling the stars, working from job to job, with no place to really call home, it hit her like a wave. Two words had never sounded so wonderful.

“I’m…I’m home…” she finally answered, stepping through the threshold.

Closing the door behind, Suvia said, “I’m going to put Eir to bed first. We can talk in a bit.”

“Yeah…” she replied, stepping further into main room, taking a good look around. It was somewhat barren, but she had no doubt that Suvia kept a lot of the possessions hidden away throughout. Some kitchen appliances, a couch, and a small workstation with a computer, and a few other trinkets and knickknacks were all she found in the main room. Then there was the one door that Suvia just walked into, which she assumed was the bedroom, and another which, by elimination, was the bathroom.

“No harm done,” Suvia sighed, dropping down onto the couch. “And to answer your question, I moved it to the underground garage. It's also where AutoVajin hides for the most part.”

“Underground garage?” the younger of the two asked, raising an eyebrow in surprise. “When did you build that?”

“Have been for about…a couple months now,” Suvia answered, leaning back. “I’ve been continuously expanding this place for the past three years. Just finished the garage recently.”

“This I need to see…”

“Maybe later,” Suvia stated. “Getting the garage opened from in here makes too much noise. And Eir needs to sleep.”

“Fair enough,” Lilia agreed, letting a comfortable silence settle upon them for a bit.

“So I guess you couldn’t find anyone else?” Lilia asked her sister.

“No…I thought you were dead,” Suvia admitted, grimacing somewhat at the sudden change of topic. “I was glad that we had been off planet when it happened but…return to that see our home become that…I couldn’t find anyone alive though…they were all disintegrated…or I couldn’t find remains…but either way, I searched the property. Dug out what I could, and took it with me. I’ve sold most of it by now, but I’ve kept a few things.

“I also raided the lab in hopes that I could recover the Gears. I couldn’t find father’s Orga or Iris’s Psyga Gears…but I managed to recover Delta, Faiz, and Kaixa. I sealed Delta of course…and got whatever else I could, and left with Eir.

“I went as far as I could before my ship ran out of fuel. We’ve been living here ever since. Built this place with my own hands even.”

“And your ship?”

“Hidden it,” she answered. “I didn’t want to risk having it stolen, so I hid it.”

“How far away is it?”

“A couple days worth of travelling,” Suvia sighed. “I’ll have it brought here later so we can start packing…”

“So…what’s the plan when we move to Mid-Childa?”

“I would like to buy decent housing for sure,” Suvia stated. “I owe it to Eir to provide her a place she can be comfortable. I’d also like to enroll her in school…I hear that Cinq Lumières main branch is situated around there…if not there’s always the Sankt Church.”

“But…if you plan on taking the remaining gears for our devices, wouldn’t it be unwise to stay long?” Lilia asked, curious as to how Suvia was going to achieve a stable life, and obtain the device add-ons she wanted, on Mid-Childa of all places.

“I’m unsure,” Suvia answered, squeezing the bridge of her nose. “But…let’s not worry about that yet. It’s not for another few weeks or so. Moving on…what happened to you? Where have you been for the past three years?”

“Quite a few places, actually,” Lilia chuckled, looking back on her adventures. “I was actually rushed to one of the escape pods. I had wanted to grab Kaixa on the way out, but it was out of the way…I managed to get a decent amount of funding, and a few possessions before being sent off. Ended up in the next system over where I managed to trade my pod for a decent shuttle. Worked as a Contract-Mage for a while, that lasted for about a year. Got to see some really interesting places, meet people, try new foods, hell, I even got a chance to work with Ace Mage Fate T. Harlaown! Now how’s that for an adventure?

“Managed to stay off a lot of records though…helped that I no longer existed. In the end, I ended up wandering for about two years. I later on sold my shuttle for a small cargo ship. I eventually just started doing cargo runs, transporting cargo from place to place. It was surprisingly good pay actually, what with the fact I was a good looking, and sexy cargo pilot. I must say, those employers know how to treat a lady.

“I knew that the possibility of you and Eir being alive was there…but with the fact I had no idea where you two could possibly, especially considering how big Ordered Space is, and the fact if I started looking for you would draw attention, I never really tried to find you guys, except hoped that you guys were happy.

“It was about a week ago that I had my run-in with him,” said Lilia, her voice filled with sudden disdain. “My ship had broken down so I had to land here. Looked around for help…ended up finding him. I guess he took a really, REALLY, big interest in me…especially since I had turned 21 just around that time as well…knocked me out and woke up in a cell where he did everything short of rape…still have memories…makes my skin crawl…”

“Lilia,” Suvia quietly called up, moving over so that they sat next to each other, and wrapped her arms around her younger sister. “I don’t know what to say…”

“This…this is enough,” said Lilia, burying her head into her sister’s neck, allowing the tears to silently fall.

“At least it’s over,” Suvia stated, hugging her sister tightly. They were together now, that was what mattered. The fact she was nearly sold to someone who would’ve raped her and turn her into some sort of sex-slave would always stay with Lilia. But at the very least, it was over, and they could put it behind. All Suvia could do was try her best to console her sister, and help her get over the ordeal. At the very least she could help her, a bit getting over her ordeal. She didn’t know what she could do though if Lilia had been raped.

“No one though…should experience that at all,” Suvia whispered, gently stroking the top of Lilia’s head.

“I wish…I wish Iris was here…”

“So what, we can continue the legacy of the Snow of Three?” Suvia guessed, smiling a bit at the memories.

“More like…I miss what the three of us had…I liked how no matter what happened…we always stuck together,” Lilia elaborated, sitting straight and wiped away the tears. “I miss our adventures. You and me having to take care of Iris when we were younger, it really brought us together, you know?”

“Yeah,” Suvia wholeheartedly agreed. “I know…I know…I miss it to. I actually wanted to foster that bond in my own kids, nieces, and nephews…to have them always watching each other’s back, to be there for each other, to support each other…but…it’s too bad that we can’t really make that a reality now…”

“Who says we still can’t?” Lilia asked, giving her sister a pointed look. Suvia on the other hand returned the stare with a confused expression. “I’m still pretty young. I’m sure I could find some handsome guy to help me raise a family. And you’re not that much older. For crying out loud, you’re only 28! I’m sure you still have guys tooting for ya!” The last statement resulted in causing Suvia to blush in embarrassment.

“Li…Lilia…you’re embarrassing me…”

“Isn’t that the point?” Lilia asked, smiling a bit in amusement.

“I suppose,” Suvia agreed, giggling a bit at the return of the light-hearted atmosphere they had a while ago. “By the way, where’s your ship?”

“In the port,” Lilia answered, earning a frown from Suvia. “What? I shouldn’t have docked there?”

“I had wanted to load some of my gear onto your ship, because mine only has so much room. However, the problem is that you probably signed in the damn thing.”

“The hell you talking about?” Lilia immediately replied back, earning a frown from her older sister. Unfortunately, Lilia’s language had always been a pet peeve of Suvia, and despite numerous attempts to stop it, she never managed to curb it. “I never had to sign in anything. I just dropped in, and right away started to ask around for places that can repair my ship. Speaking of which…I never got around to getting the damn thing looked at…”

“A place you can dock…and not sign in your ship…” Lilia muttered, trying to think of where in the world this place was, when it hit her. “Oh no…”

“What?”

“That’s literally on the other side of the continent…” she groaned. “That means I’ll have to fly us both out there…get your ship repaired, and then head back here to load-up before moving…”

“Couldn’t we…just sell your shuttle and use the proceeds to buy a new craft?” Lilia suggested.

“Sell mother’s shuttle?” Suvia exclaimed, while trying to keep her voice down. “Are you insane? We can’t part with that so easily! And if the TSAB caught wind that there is a Nordic-class shuttle, one I might add is logged by the TSAB and presumed destroyed since I had secretly taken that shuttle days before the event, they’ll start asking questions of how the dealers got their hands on it. And if it’s worst case scenario, they may put two and two together, and realize it’s us who are Faiz and Kaixa. Our whereabouts cannot be discovered. It’s just lucky that the bodies back home were utterly destroyed; otherwise they’d probably be suspicious of why our bodies were never found there. We’re safer unknown and presumed dead, than alive.”

“Why?” Lilia asked, raising an eyebrow. “It’s not like anyone’s after us.”

“Maybe not, but I’m after them,” she darkly stated.

Lilia paused momentarily before giving her sister a surprised look. “Are you insane? Do you even have any leads? What is we can’t ever find theme? What then?”

“I’ve already got that covered,” she answered back. Moving from the couch to her computer, she started it up and called up a couple files. “My sources tell me that the TSAB are also interested in their arrest. I’m personally more interested in their demise, particularly him.” Bringing a particular file up to the forefront, she moved aside to let Lilia read it.

“Son of a bitch,” she hissed. “Damn bastard’s still alive…I suppose I share the same sentiments…asshole pretty much opened up the door…”

“Now you know why I want to move,” Suvia stated. “It’s much closer to their headquarters, giving me better access to their data files.”

“But…what if they get in our way?”

“Then we will get rid of the obstacle, by any means.”

“You mean to-”

“I will continue the path I’m walking,” Suvia answered, cutting off Lilia. “For my daughter’s future, I will secure it so that everything of the past will never follow her. We, if you’re willing to join me, will bear the sins of our quest. You and I will carve a path of vengeance; while at the same time carve a path for Eir’s future. One that will stray far away from our path.” Picking up Faiz, she held it in front of her face and said, “She must never walk this path. I will erase her lineage. After us, the family line starts anew.”

“What do you mean?”

“As far as Ordered Space is concerned, Princesses Suvia, Lilia, and Iris, are the last heirs of the Hisperious royal family, of Administered Planet 23 Hisperio. As far as anyone is concerned…my daughter isn’t Hisperious Eir…she’s Yumehara Eir.”

Hiya guys. This is a post to let you'll know I'm still alive and am starting to go through the backlog slowly. I'm unlikely going to do any sort of Backlog Breaker.... That "honor" will remain with Aaron008R ,as undisputed champion of Backlog breakers

Of course I didn't come back empty handed so here's an OC post for you guys to play over.

As a teacher teaching at the prestigious Saint Hilde Academy of Magic, Luka Zelpher is fully capable and extremely qualified for teaching any level of the sorcery classes available. Graduating at a young age from this very school, Luka left with mastery in various subjects although she specializes in magical theory, spell creation and modification, device creation and mage biology. After her graduation, she went on to join the TSAB for a very short period of time before quitting and joining various private research labs in the various administrated worlds. However, she never stayed for long and eventually returned to her alma mater as a teacher, much to every one's surprise.

With her credentials, one would think she will be teaching the higher level sorcery classes but Luka prefers to teach the elementary and intermediate classes only. The main reason is because she likes kids and they tend to give her great ideas for personal research due to their active imaginations. Another less well known reason is that she is rather tired of her students in the higher level classes crushing on her.

Although she wears a ring on her left hand, no one can be certain on her marital status since she's still using her maiden name. Also the ring greatly resembles the rings on one of her belts which further muddies her marital status. Even when asked directly, with a wink and a smile, she comments that "Its a secret."

Personality

Spoiler for Personality:

While she tend to act rather immature at times, she can be serious when she has to. Most of the time however, she's a happy-go-lucky type person and loves to tease people. As a teacher, she is very kind and helpful to her students, always taking time to answer any of their doubts, on school work or otherwise. Students can always approach her for help and she will drop anything she is working on just to help them. The only exception is when she is already helping another student which in that case, she'll help the second student later.

As a person, she is rather hardworking, constantly doing personal research or practicing her abilities on the school's practice grounds. Interestingly, she has not ever consented to spar with anyone, student or otherwise. When pressed about it, she cheerful admits that she is pathetic in the combat arts and she's so bad, even a beginner who just started learning strike arts can easily defeat her. Most people think its a blatant lie considering her mage rank but that's the story she's maintaining.

Device

Spoiler for Device:

Luka, like most mages, owns a device which has the registered name of Arbiter. Hand built by Luka herself, it is an interesting device as it does not conform to any standard device type. When asked about her device, Luka just smiles and point to the pair of glasses she is wearing and laughs at the dumbfounded look on the person's face. Most people automatically assume that the glasses are the unactivated form and Luka is very greatly amused when they find out that the glasses are the activated form.

Arbiter is created to support Luka's abilities and as such, it is designed to complement a spell that allows Luka to 'see' programing that make up spells. This makes it extremely useful for Luka as it allows her to easily debug the spells casted by her students. Also, instead of communicating with Luka out loud like normal devices, it broadcasts its messages to her via a method which mimics mage telepathy. However, this method consumes more power than standard devices and has a very short range of 2 inches.

Most people believe that is the extant of Arbiter's capabilities. What most people don't know is that the glasses portion of Arbiter is only half the device. The other half is a set of ring shaped remotes which she usually wear on her waist as a second belt. These remotes when deployed, can act like relays, allowing her to cast spells as if she is physically casting from that location, effectively extending the range of all her spells.

Barrier Jacket

Spoiler for Barrier Jacket:

On the surface, it seems that Luka's Barrier Jacket consists of only adding a long, black trench coat over her usual clothing and some additional jewelry. However, under her normal clothes, her under garments and stockings have been changed to a full, skin tight bodysuit, designed for smooth movement.

Magic Style

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Luka practices the Mid Childian magic style but she also knows how to teach Neo Belkan style as it is a style quickly gaining in popularity. However, when she is exercising, she is usually seen lifting and moving a pot with her magic alone, which doesn't really correspond to either common exercises of Mid Childian or Neo Belkan styles at all. Only once was she seen practicing an offensive spell. The resultant huge pink afro that resulted due to an error in casting immediately convinced her never to practice any offensive spells in public again.

Abilities

Spoiler for Abilities:

Offensive

Spoiler for Offensive:

[Shattered Lightning] - A lighting type spell that continuously shoots streams of electricity at a target as long as the mage is channeling lightning elemental mana to the spell. Requires the mage to convert mana into lightning elemental mana before the spell can be used. Currently used to practice elemental mana conversion and self defense although the latter usage is rather impractical due to the spell's requirements.

Defensive

Spoiler for Defensive:

[Protector] - A standard shield spell used by many mages that guards in one direction.

[Round Protector] - A standard, 360 degrees, barrier that protects in all directions.

Support

Spoiler for Support:

[Hollow World] - A data collection type spell. Coupled with Arbiter, this effectively allows Luka to look at spells as well as spell effect residue and determine the programming that makes up the spell. This puts Luka in a favorable position where she can easily debug and solve errors in her student's spell casting, making her the number one teacher to turn to for help in spell creation/modification.

[Vision Flash] - A simple spell that allows Luka view the world from the position of her remotes.

[Aid] - A simple healing spell that is used for healing minor injuries.

[Ephemeral Dreams] - The most advance spell in Luka's repertoire. Developed as part of her mastery thesis, this spell is an extremely modified levitation spell where the effects mimics telekinesis. However, it is still a spell effect and not true telekinesis and its efficiency still leaves a lot to be desired. In her own words, Luka admits that although it works faster, doing the equivalent action physically is a lot less tiring.

[Ghostly Shadows] - This greatly increases the casting time of Luka's other spells but has the advantage of completely masking the Mid Childian sigil (Technically it will also mask the Belkan sigil but it is untested)

I'd like Sensei to give me private lessons, if you catch my drif-*static*

Spoiler for For what happened:

Sorry, you do not have the clearance to know who did <ASuki user="Nya~n"> in and how.

And since Lowe had kindly posted that Luka-mama comment, he inadvertedly inspired me to write this. And Lowe is soooooooooooooooo going to get me for publishing this now because it involves an OC of his that hasn't even been publicly announced yet.

Sorry, Lowe, I just had to do it. You can only blame yourself for taking so long to get him out. =3

Spoiler for Chicken or Seafood?:

Maximillian “Makube”, was bored. He’d spent the morning looking at the sad excuses that a couple of commercial firms called “IT security”, and the better half of the day hanging out at a troubleshooting forum for beginners.

So here he was, in the convenience store a couple streets down from his apartment, sipping on a cup of soda while reading an IT magazine off the racks. Not that Jerry, the usual cashier on shift, minded anyway, since he’d been doing this for as long as they remembered. Flipping through another article making a blow-by-blow coverage on what the celebrated programming and hacking internet entity known as “Aniki” had done over the week, and he had to suppress his snorts lest he sent some of that soda up his nose.

He was pretty certain he didn’t just bust the firewall for Liu Ming Enterprise lately. He was good at what he did, but he wasn’t so keen to tear down their defences unless he was up for a good challenge or as their assigned whitehat. Nuh uh. The rumours these days were just getting downright ridiculous sometimes.

And speaking of Liu Ming… He started checking out their new line of parts, and was already wondering if he had enough for the month to get some of them when he got interrupted.

“Hey, if you don’t mind…” a lady beside him said, “I need an opinion.”

Makube was stunned. Here, right before his eyes, was probably the most stunning woman he’d ever laid his eyes on, her flowing amethyst hair, her slate blue orbs and simple, modest pair of glasses perched on top of the bridge of her nose. And did he mention how that black suit of hers clung to her figure, accentuating her every curve? And she didn’t even look like she was that much older than him!

Yes, Maximillian, age 18, single and always has been, was swept off his feet. He could stare at her all day, drink in the exquisite sight right before his very eyes for days, and he would not tire of it forever. But he needed his sense and manners first.

“Uh….” He could only manage, before catching himself. “I mean…. Uhh… Yes. How may I be of service, ma’am. Ask me of anything, and I shall heed your summons.”

Heed your summons? Maximillian kicked himself inwardly.

“Ahahaha~” She giggled, and then Makube felt himself melt. “You’re cute.”

Oh, Codes, is this a godsent? An angel descended?

“So… Uhh…” Makube said awkwardly. “You err… wanted an opinion?”

“Ah, yes,” she said. “Chicken or seafood?”

“Huh?”

“Oh, silly me,” she said, shifting the basket in her hand that was filled with other stuff so that the basket's handles cradled in the crook of her elbow and reached for the cup noodles on the rack across from magazine stand.

Presenting three cups, she asked, “Chicken, seafood or stew flavour?”

Maximillian could feel a grin almost creeping on his face. If there was anything other than Coding that he, Maximillian”Makube”, was excelled at… Yes, one could call him a connoisseur of instant and cup noodles. Known to the common flavours and not unknown to even the most exotic of flavours one could think of for cup noodles. He knew his noodles.

“Chicken, seafood and stew, ehh?” he said, making a show of being contemplative as the wondrous beauty looked on. Oh, how low you’ve sunk, Aniki, trying to show off with cup noodles, of all things.

“Chicken’s overrated, in my opinion,” he said, pulling the cup from her hands and placing back onto the shelf. “And if you ask me, I think stew’s got an off-ish taste to it,” he continued, nodding for the exaggerated effect. “No one ever gets seafood wrong.”

“I see…” she replied, and then chuckled for a bit.

“Mhmmm?” Maximillian enquired.

“Oh, it’s nothing,” she said, waving it off. “There’s this person I know, and he swears that seafood flavour’s the best thing to happen to him ever since his adopted sister took him in.”

“Aha…”

“Yes,” she continued, a fond look on her face. “He likes his soup saturated though, with mayonnaise and all sorts of stuff added in and he claims nothing can beat its taste.” Catching herself, she straightened up and said, “Sorry, I was ranting, wasn’t I?”

“Oh, it’s alright,” Makube replied. It was bliss to just listen to her voice, or so he thought.

Placing the cup of stew flavoured noodles back onto its rack, his goddess said, “Thanks. I’ll get going then.”

Max could only let out a grunt in response as she, in his mind’s eye, waltzed straight up to the cashier, his eyes trailing after her. When she was done paying, she headed back to his direction for the exit, and smiled as she passed by him.

“Bye~” she said, as the automatic doors slid close behind her.

Gods, she’s gorgeous! Makube thought. And then he realised that he didn’t get her name, and then he kicked himself inwardly again.

Still, it wasn't the end for him. Yet.

He’d never been more thankful for his customizing to spectacles to not only assist him in detecting the things he needed while working, and more importantly now that it kept visual recordings.

He was going to make sure he put his name as “Aniki” to good use. Name or no name, even if it made him look like an internet stalker, he WOULD find out who that angel was.

Because, you see, Aniki is in loooooooooooooooooooooooooove.

*FLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES FROM LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWE

Just so you all know I ain't'n't dead, another insight into the still in-development nature of the 'Savant' Ability and what it entails, as well as a little potential explanation on how David ended up with a paperwork-sink job and a possibly harmful psychological illness.

Spoiler for explanation and consequences.:

Rare Ability: Savant
David’s use of magic has been for a large part subconscious, contributing to his development as a mage who is able to invoke magical effects almost at will with very little in the way of casting delay. It’s been said (with some accuracy) that he’s often cast a spell before even thinking about it. Unlike Conventional Mages, who channel magical energy with spells, programs based on mathematical equations and complex interlocking of forces, a Savant possesses raw power that they direct at will with imagination and visualisation; they have no set spells, no equations, no programs. However, they also suffer in that while they can create an effect merely by thinking of something, merely thinking of something will cause an effect. To avoid this becoming dangerous, most Savants adopt limiters, Anti-MagiLink fields and Control Devices to limit their power and help control their stray thoughts.

David is different in that his Control Device is surgically implanted at his own request, a result of an earlier incident.

[b] The Storm that Brings Turmoil: [b]

In the beginning, David was not able to actively use magic, merely subconsciously channelling certain effects such as healing energies when performing a related task. As a means to help develop active control over his abilities, a system was introduced to breakdown the strong psychological barrier preventing active expression.

A Savant’s power is subconscious, but it is affected strongly by their mental state; if a user doesn’t believe an effect possible, then attempts to accomplish it via their power will fail. This was extremely pronounced in David, who being raised on a largely non-magical world, with a highly cynical mindset, harboured extreme doubts about magic and himself, which were not easily dispelled.

In an attempt to break the barrier, a psychological gambit was attempted: It is known that wearing a mask can often change the personality of the user; It hides hesitation, conceals fear, banishes doubts. It allows acts normally considered impossible or taboo. It makes the wearer into a symbol, something more than were before.

It was hoped that such an approach could bypass the psychological blocks preventing David actively using magic. Eventually, it would prove far too successful.

It was true David did rapidly gain access to his power while wearing the mask, thus truly becoming more than he was before, however it affected him in other ways too. Initially, he still was unable to act without the mask, which in turn increased his desire to wear it. This acted similarly to a form of mild addiction or dependence- in his desire to use his powers constructively, he began to use them more often and more aggressively, and for longer periods at a time. He became irritable and stressed when without the mask, which he began to see as a key to power. Soon, he began to change psychologically. Part of this was a gradual concealed lessening of self worth; after all, while it is true he was a valued member of the Bureau, it is also true that much of that success was actually attributable to the fact he had the mask- he began to feel helpless without it, and ultimately, of less worth than it.

This began to eat at his psyche, eroding his sense of self.

This allowed the second part of the issue to arise: the very abrupt divide between his mental state wearing the mask compared to without; while wearing the mask, his ego grew to a point, but then began to become consumed; ultimately, he saw who he was, with or without the mask, as less important than what he did: Even he began to think of himself as symbol rather than a self, and his personality began to corrode, as he became more and more an expression of his power and little else, with what remained of his personality slowly fading.

This came to a head in the ‘Storm of Turmoil’ Incident, where he demonstrated a hitherto un-noticed erosion of moral values: as an expression of the manifestation of his power to accomplish goals, he had lost the ability to see the reasons for those goals, resulting in his supposed defensive actions against a Hostile mage taking a tactically and strategically advantageous approach but one with no concern for collateral Damage or civilian Casualties.

Unable to be reasoned with, it fell to his immediate Superior, Enforcer Fate T Harlown, to restrain him before his own actions in battling the Hostile mage caused more damage than the enemy themselves! This led to a fairly insane three-way battle that gradually spiralled out of control.

Ultimately, David Brown was able to break through the encroaching persona for a mere moment, as a result of being forced to act against the strongest of his subconscious safeguards, and tore the mask off. This essentially crippled the Bureau’s position, however, as without the mask, David was unable to utilise his powers, leaving Enforcer Harlown unsupported. The incident was resolved unsuccessfully, as the Rogue mage escaped after causing extensive damage.

In the wake of the incident, David Volunteered to receive surgically implanted Control Devices to prevent further such incidences, and requested transfer to a non-combat posting, and was assigned to Section 13, the Bureau Cold Cases department.

Ironically, it was the peace of mind granted by the implantation of a permanent safeguard that finally broke his psychological barriers and allowed him to use his powers actively without risking the addictive and psychologically damaging effects of the mask.

Spoiler for notes:

So, for those figuring it out, the ability itself is something akin to the effect's of a Green Lanterns power ring: the user can project an effect as long they have the will, the imagination and the mana to construct it and the focus and concentration to maintain it. However, they also have a lot of associated baggae that GL's don't have, such as the fact that unless they maintain focus, their stray thoughts can also become projections.

I've modified Control Devices to use AI to 'filter' thoughts and minimise that, though it's not a perfect system (a Unison Device might do it better, but that's for further exploration)

As a result of this, Savants don't have set 'spells', but rather can achieve similar effects but in different ways based on what they come up with; they could certainly, for example, emulate a divine buster, but they could also create an energy projection wrecking ball to do the same thing...

The other factor new here is the mask. This came up from drawing, rather than writing, but then I realised that it could be a way to get round the Psychological limitations I imposed on Savants due to their power being affected by mental state

Then I realised that it could very well have it's own set of downsides.

Gazgh, Keroko and other 40K'ers may recognise the effect: it's modified version of the Eldar 'Exarch' effect, whereby the person loses themselves wholly and merely becomes a pure expression of a subject or path, with no individual will or personality beyond exercising that path or role.

In David's case, the mask, his powers and his role in the Stab all kind of merge into one and he essentially becomes 'addicted' to it.

Cross-posting here. Well, since Halloween is now over, and I was finally able to find a place to get a poppy yesterday, I'll toss this short up. Reviews are welcomed.

Spoiler for In Remembrance:

A dusting of snow covered Cranagan as Johannes walked towards the Saint Church, his brown Ground Forces overcoat hanging loosely over his shoulders. The overcast sky kept the temperature just above freezing and a light wind blew through the small bouquet of red wildflowers in his hand. He turned off the sidewalk just before the church and made his way towards a well maintained memorial site, stopping under an archway on the path.

Looking around, Johannes took in simple layout of the site, and the obsidian and gold cenotaph at its center. 'I may have been coming here every year I haven't been able to go home, but this is still awe-inducing.' He walked up and placed the flowers at the base of the cenotaph before bowing his head and reciting a century-old poem from his homeland.

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.”

Johannes stood still for a minute before taking a step back and saluting the cenotaph. Having finished his yearly ritual, he turned to leave, but slowed at the sight of a blindfolded man, apparently around his age, who was standing under the archway. As Johannes neared the archway, the man lifted his head and asked, “I apologize for bothering you, but I have never heard that poem before. Where is it from, if I may ask?”

“It was written by a countryman of mine during one of the bloodiest wars of my homeworld. It has been used there since in ceremonies of remembrance to those who have died in warfare.”

The man turned his head to face Johannes, though Johannes had no idea how someone could see through the wrappings the man had over his eyes. “Are you a follower of the Saint Kaiser, by chance?”

Johannes replied, “No, I follow teachings from my homeland, though I do see the good work that the Saint Church does.”

“Then I must thank you for paying respects to the dead here,” and he bowed his head in thanks.

Johannes waved off the thanks. “No point in thanking me for that. I simply pay respect to those who gave their lives fighting for what they believed in. 'In death all are equal.'” A smile cracked Johannes' face. “Nevertheless, thank you, sir...?”

“Noland Reiniger. And you are?”

“Johannes Ulrich. And as much as I would like to stay and chat, I must get back to work. Have a nice day.”

Noland smiled. “You as well.” Johannes turned and started to jog back towards the local TSAB base.

Someone pointed out quite accurately to me in a fic review that in terms of combat abilities, Subaru is more or less a One Trick Pony. Her techniques are one dimensional: Charge and punch, charge and punch.

There are some close combat variations, but her strategy remains the same. 'Charge, and punch'.

Here are some things that need to be addressed.

- Wing Road: Wherever it goes, she will go. This makes it easy to lead her. She's predictable to a fault.

- Bull-rushing: Again, you can see her coming with enough time to stop for tea. If you're a competant fighter, you'll be ready to counter her something fierce.

- Lack of Attack Variety: She punches, she power punches, and she punches with short range beams. However they're all very much the same thing... Punches.

Knowing her device, spellset, and IS... What would be the most effective additions to her fighting tactics? (Without adding any new 'techniques', just creative new uses for what she has.)

There have to be some new tricks to teach her. After the pummeling I gave her in chapter eight, her flaws are distinctly obvious like never before. I want to ensure that she learns that being a straight brawler is not going to last her in many higher end fights. She needs to learn to use her skills.

Someone pointed out quite accurately to me in a fic review that in terms of combat abilities, Subaru is more or less a One Trick Pony. Her techniques are one dimensional: Charge and punch, charge and punch.

There are some close combat variations, but her strategy remains the same. 'Charge, and punch'.

Here are some things that need to be addressed.

- Wing Road: Wherever it goes, she will go. This makes it easy to lead her. She's predictable to a fault.

- Bull-rushing: Again, you can see her coming with enough time to stop for tea. If you're a competant fighter, you'll be ready to counter her something fierce.

- Lack of Attack Variety: She punches, she power punches, and she punches with short range beams. However they're all very much the same thing... Punches.

Knowing her device, spellset, and IS... What would be the most effective additions to her fighting tactics? (Without adding any new 'techniques', just creative new uses for what she has.)

There have to be some new tricks to teach her. After the pummeling I gave her in chapter eight, her flaws are distinctly obvious like never before. I want to ensure that she learns that being a straight brawler is not going to last her in many higher end fights. She needs to learn to use her skills.

IMO at the very least she should be able to "fork" her Wing Road. It just seems like a natural progression for me.

How to improve her otherwise is a difficult question. She can possibly add speed via thrusters or a Sonic Move type of spell; more defense somehow, probably through stronger and preferably movable shields; more range (I don't know, rocket punch? lol); but probably most important but hardest to do right, guile (flares/smokescreen on roller blades? maybe hidden arms lol? other illusions seem really weird on her).

To be honest, without revamping her skills I don't think she was meant to operate outside of a team. IMO, Teana pins the enemy down and Subaru goes in to kill while Caro is main support and Erio is backup for everyone >.>

I know how to use super strength already. And with Subaru's cyborg superstrength, I'd turn everything that wasn't bolted down (and a few things that ARE) into a projectile weapon.

With Vibration Shatter, I'd be frequently using it to 'Hulk SMASH!' things. Like the ground near an opponent.

I've actually just gotten an idea on what to do with Wing Road... It was actually Mach Calibur's idea, but the road itself can be a weapon and has a physical pressence

"Wing Road!"

"It's no-"

*Is tripped when the road rips right through where he's standing.*

On top of just flinging a wing road out from time to time to decoy the enemy.

Then there's Mach Calibur itself.

How would I use 'rocket skates'? Well, if those things can grip the wall inside a train, scaling buildings just got more awesome. Or maybe hanging from the ceiling like a bat, or hanging from my Wing Road like a bat. "BAT-BORG!"

Well, what she did in BetrayerS is a creative use of her skill-set. She basically pulled a fast one on Nanoha by feinting with Mach Calibur and Wing Road to attack Nanoha from behind, all while throwing her famous "Cool Your Head" line back in her face.

But without long-range attacks, there's really not a whole lot else that Subaru can do, unless she's capable of bringing entire buildings down on her opponent.

Given how far the Wing road tends to go places, I think that qualifies as a straight up long range 'attack'. Combined with the ability to curve at will and go wherever Subaru wants it, it's perfect for a guided missile. Or perhaps guiding a 'missile'.

And that gave me a NEW idea.

Imagine this.

You have opponent X, who is good at dodging.
You try to punch, they dodge...
You throw heavy items at them, they dodge.

An idea hits. You fire a wing road over their head, then arch it down on them. They smirk and dodge forward as it smacks into the ground. You follow up by throwing something at them, but 'your aim is off'... somewhat too high... So they don't dodge.

What occures is they fail to realize you haven't made the Road disappear. The object you've thrown, backed by Subaru's cybernetic strength, riccochets off the arteficial 'ceiling' created by the Road, and smacks them in the head.

Depending on how skilled she is at manipulating her Wing Road, she may as well do as you suggested and use it to guide a projectile she punches (forming a tunnel?)

Depending on how tough Wing Road is, it may also be used as a psuedo bind/cage. The problem is that Wing Road itself seems flimsy >.>

Wing Road may also be used to conceal herself, acting as a sort of "screen" between the enemy, although that's a lot of roads being made.

I personally can't see how her vibration shatter can be used differently--it really is just a super punch.

But Mach Caliber does come with small thrusters which she may use to "jump lanes". If two (or more) roads are side by side, she can quickly switch positions right before impact making her a bit more random.